Editor's dedication signed and dated: "Edward Capell. Nov. 9, 1767."

Colophon, v. 10: "From the press of Dryden Leach, in Crane Court; Febr. 23, 1768."

Volume 1 with a general title page; each volume with volume title pages; each play with separate divisional half-titles and pagination

Engraved portrait of Shakespeare signed "J. Miller SC:" is present at the foot of p. 74 (first sequence, end of introduction)

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor -- v. 2. Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 3. Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew -- v. 4. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth -- v. 5. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 -- v. 6. Henry V ; King Henry VI, part 1 ; King Henry VI, part 2 ; King Henry VI, part 3 -- v. 7. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus -- v. 8. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus -- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline ; King Lear -- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

Boston Public Library. Barton collection catalogue

ESTC

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy filed under G.4023.10 bound by Charles Lewis in red morocco panelled in triple-ruled gilt with the spines panelled and tooled in gilt. All text block edges are gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedowns. Vol. 1 is bound in 2 parts

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy filed under PR2752 .C37 1768x (formerly 2598.30) copy bound in various modern library bindings

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